Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Radian Measure and the Unit Circle - Section 3.3 The Unit Circle and Circular Functions - 3.3 Exercises - Page 118: 69

Answer

$s\in\{ \displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}$ , $\displaystyle \frac{3\pi}{4},\ \displaystyle \frac{5\pi}{4},\ \displaystyle \frac{7\pi}{4} \}$

Work Step by Step

For any real number $s$ represented by a directed arc on the unit circle, $\sin s=y\quad \cos s=x \quad \displaystyle \tan s=\frac{y}{x} (x\neq 0)$ Use Figure 13 on page 111. ---------------- In the interval $[0,2\pi)$, (the unit circle), we search for points (x,y), such that $x^{2}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$ $(\cos s=x)$ $x^{2}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\qquad /\sqrt{...}$ $x=\displaystyle \pm\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}=\pm\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}}=\pm\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ We find 4 such points (with x-coordinates of $\displaystyle \pm\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}),$ assigned to radian measures $\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}$ , $\displaystyle \frac{3\pi}{4},\ \displaystyle \frac{5\pi}{4},\ \displaystyle \frac{7\pi}{4}$ (see image below) $s\in\{ \displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}$ , $\displaystyle \frac{3\pi}{4},\ \displaystyle \frac{5\pi}{4},\ \displaystyle \frac{7\pi}{4} \}$
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